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[AppleQueso]

They send sealed games out to be graded and they lock them in hard plastic that can not be opened that displays the games grade. Like people do with comic books.

OMG that's ridiculous!!

I keep my games in cases to display, but they are to be played!

Pretty much my reaction.

[megatron-uk]

Let me get this straight; people buy a sealed game (££), send it to a company and pay for the said company to rate their game (££), which they then seal in a plastic container which apparently makes it more valuable to other like minded individuals (£££)... but completely unplayable?

I'm a member of some car forums, specifically a Porsche owners forum... and this is scarily reminiscent of some topics I've seen of people with more money than sense, who buy extremely rare cars with zero miles on, and then just sit them in their personal collection - never to be driven again. You see, any further miles put on these cars basically devalues them so much that they're never used - the same as then opening these 'slabbed' games.

The similarity in both situations is that the items in question where all produced for a purpose - without ever actually being used for those purposes they're essentially worthless and just end up depriving people who would gladly use them as they were original intended to be.

[Reprise]

^Well said megatron, couldn't have said it better myself!

[BlackDS]

I think the dude that bought the sealed stadium events should pull a "fuck you", and make a video of him unboxing the game.

[slowslow325]

I think the dude that bought the sealed stadium events should pull a "fuck you", and make a video of him unboxing the game.

That would probably make me cry.

Sealed games are more of a novelty. They get them slabbed because they probably have a copy of the game they can play, but have a display copy of the game that's sealed. It's something that not many other people have. Why would anyone buy a copy of NWC? How many people are actually going to play it? If you bought a copy of it, you would probably emulate it, buy an extra repo, or not play it at all. You just want it to have it.

In my opinion, anybody that is mad at people for doing this isn't thinking straight. They can always open them if they really want to play them, but they ARE collectors, and this adds a lot to any collection.

[dedalusdedalus]

Yes, I agree with everyone that games are meant to be played.

But I wonder if these people happen to also have a loose copy and/or a ROM of the games they have slabbed under plastic. Even though this isn't my cup of tea, I'm not writing this off as irrational. Let's say you played Earthbound, finished it, loved it. What better way to consummate your love for that game than by having a sealed graded copy under plastic to complement your playable loose copy?

I wonder what that forum would think if they read this thread. Maybe they already have a thread about this thread.

[Octopod]

And maybe we'll make a thread about that thread.

[Barry the Nomad]

I think the dude that bought the sealed stadium events should pull a "fuck you", and make a video of him unboxing the game.

Minneapolis public television had a show called something like "Collectin Stuff" that had a segment called "it's just a toy" in which they'd open a rare expensive MIP toy and play with it. Good times, lol

[megatron-uk]

Something similar over here - James May, one of the presenters of 'Top Gear' did a tv programme about toys... one of the things he hated was how as a kid he couldn't afford the trainsets he wanted, as all the 'boring grown ups' bought them and kept them in boxes.

So, he went to a collectable toy auction, bid an insane amount for a rare train (as he could now afford to, on his tv presenter wages), complete in packaging and when he went to pick it up after paying for it, ripped open the packaging and left it dumped behind, and carried just the train engine out - with a huge grin on his face.

[final fight cd]

whether you like the idea of sealed games or not, you have to admire the patience, dedication, time, devotion, money, etc that goes into some of those collections.

the person with virtually every sealed nes title didn't start collecting yesterday. i am sure he has put around 20 years or so into what he loves, not to mention the thousands of dollars he has put into it.